Over 5k this am in Ha Noi. Amazing I could do that, given I woke up with diarrhea and vomiting yesterday and could only get down a handful of rice on the boat. My 10k is back on track. Burma tomorrow morning

Just quick fly-by for now. DD#2 and I finished the Cleveland HM this morning in 1:55:54 for an 8:50 average. I was very proud of our last 5K, run at 26:02 for an 8:23 pace. I finished 15th out of 83 in my AG. The guy who won the age group ran an unbelievable 1:09:33!

Proud Dad and Daughter with Cleveland Browns stadium in the background.

Dave - I knew you were being modest with your doubts about a sub 2:00:00. I`m not at all surprised by your result. We have some very good runners in our age group here ( sub 3 hr. marathons ), but a 1:09:33 half is mind boggling. Anyway, well done.

I'm back... Had a nice time camping on the ocean in Carlsbad, Ca. On Sunday morning we got up real early and drove over an hour to the Menifee Half Marathon. It was a little unusual in that the 5K and half runners all started at the same time. Felt funny with so many going real fast early and I found myself going at below a 8:30 pace by the end of the first mile and a half. Once we reached the 5K turn around I was better able to judge my pace by others around me and I settled into a pace of around 9. It was an up and down course and there was a pretty long hill at about mile 9 where I slowed behind a couple of runners that I should have passed but a little breather felt pretty good. Once we crested that hill I took off and managed the last 2 miles in 8:43 and 8:37. Total time was 1:59:02 Which was good for 1st in AG. Of course I was the oldest and only runner in the group, the next oldest was just a youngster of 64 and I beat him by many minutes.

Congrats toBklyn and Dave on their respective races. Seems like it was a pretty good Geezer weekend.

I had 33 miles to add to the map last week. Going to take it real easy this week as I feel my body needs a little break.